Vespasian - NGC Ch F 4/5 2/5 - Aigai, Aiolis - Bronze AE 19 - 6g RARE ISSUE -186

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Vespasian -
NGC Ch F 4/5 2/5
- 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D., Aigai, Aiolis - Bronze AE 19, RPC II 967, SNG München 376, SNG Cop 24 var. (head right), aVF, partial green patina on brown tone, legends more legible than most examples of the type, 5.464g, 19.3mm, 0o, Aiolis, Aigai (near Yuntdagi Koseler, Turkey) mint, OYHECΠACIANOC KAICAP (Vespasian, caesar), laureate head left; reverse EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIOY NEMEONIKOY (magistrate Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos), Apollo standing right, taenia in right hand, laurel branch in left hand, AΓAEΩN downward behind ;
RARE (See Below)
RPC II p. 161 observes,
`The only problem that remains is the identity of the single left-facing head (967). At the moment the obverse inscription cannot be read in full; the portrait looks youngish and rather more like that of Titus than that of Vespasian or Domitian. The discovery of further specimens may resolve this question.`
Since publication, other examples, including this one, have confirmed the legend identifies the head as Vespasian.
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